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Vaginal Dryness Treatment, Symptoms, and Questions
Vaginal dryness is a common occurrence, so you may experience it at some point in your life. Luckily, vaginal dryness treatment options can help relieve the symptoms and restore your vaginal health. While vaginal dryness is more prevalent during menopause, it can occur at any age for various reasons. Usually,...
6 fascinating facts about your vagina
For most of human history, vaginas have been a hush-hush topic. Researchers didn’t have a medical term for vaginas until the late 1600s. Researchers didn’t include women in clinical trials until 1994. Yet, even as vaginas mystified medicine, we’ve compiled some pretty interesting facts about them throughout the years. When...
Did the pandemic end the divide between moms?
No matter how you frame it, motherhood is exhausting. However, since the early 90s, women have been battling over whether or not we belong in the workforce or at home raising children. It has created a difficult challenge of balancing work and motherhood. The pandemic handed us dozens of lessons, including...
The Gender Health Gap: Why Your Body Should Matter in Medicine
On June 10, 1993, Congress passed the NIH Revitalization Act to establish guidelines for including women and people of color in clinical research. Until 30 years ago, women of childbearing potential were excluded from the early phases of many clinical trials. Researchers largely avoided the hormone cycle of the female body altogether,...
Sexual Assault in Intimate Relationships
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but we shouldn’t limit our conversation around sexual violence to one month in the year. 1 in 5 women will experience sexual assault in their lifetime. Intimate partner violence is the most common form of sexual, emotional and physical abuse and more than 10 million cases per year are...
How to Talk About Sex with Your Doctor
As you experience menopause-related body changes, you may notice your sex life takes a dip. It’s hard enough talking to your healthcare provider about menopause — so admitting your sexual issues can feel unbearable. Regardless of your age or what phase of life you’re in, sexual disfunction will negatively impact...